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Hadrian

Hadrian: emperor of the Roman world (r. 117-138).

Names:

Refused titles: Optimus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus

Successor of: Trajan

Relatives:

Hadrian's Wall at Walltown Crags

117 Trajan dies without son or successor; his wife Plotina enabled Hadrian's accession
118 Consul II (with Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator); arrives in Rome
119 Consul III (with Publius Dasumius Rufus)
121 Inauguration of the temple of Venus and Rome; visit of Gaul and the Rhine
122 In Britain; Moorish revolt; moves to Spain
123 In Spain; moves to the east
c.124: Fall of Septicus Clarus (praetorian prefect) and Suetonius
124 Stay in Ephesus and Athens, initiated in the Mysteries of Eleusis
125 Returns to Rome
127 Italian tour
Dedication to Hadrian

128 Visits Sicily and Africa (Lambaesis Inscription); moves to Athens; receives the titles Pater Patriae and Olympius
129 Visits Ephesus, Apamea, Antioch
130 Visits Palmyra, refounds Jerusalem (Aelia Capitolina), visits Alexandria; death of Antinous; founds Antinoopolis; returns to Alexandria
131 Return to Athens; receives the title Panhellenius and Panionius
132 Arrives in Rome; insurrection of Bar Kochba
134 Alans invade the Parthian Empire
135/136 Hadrian takes Bethar
136 Last fights in Galilee; Hadrian adopts Lucius Aelius as caesar
137 Lucius Aelius consul II; vicennalia; death of Sabina
138 Death of Lucius Aelius; adopts Antoninus Pius
138 Death in Baiae

Relief of Hadrian, perhaps killing a Jew

Athens: many buildings
Britain: Hadrian's wall
Jerusalem
Lepcis Magna: Baths
Rome: Pantheon; Bridge of Aelius; repairs to the Baths of Agrippa; Mausoleum; Trajan's column; temple of Venus and Roma
Tivoli: Villa

Succeeded by: Antoninus Pius